DIRECTORY OF QUARRYMEN IN NEW YORK STATE 131 



The foregoing directory of quarries and quarrymen, while probably 

 not complete is very nearly so. As already indicated in the chapter on 

 road materials, only a part of the quarries yield stone which is entirely 

 satisfactory for road building. The reports of the Massachusetts High- 

 way Commission, however, show that where the best material is not 

 obtainable, other material can be put to a very good use, and a sand- 

 stone may make a very satisfactory foundation, when covered with trap 

 or even with limestone, if nothing more desirable is available. Roads 

 built in this way probably require more engineering skill in their con- 

 struction and more careful watching in maintenance and repair. The 

 local problems must be worked out in the future by actual experiment 

 under the supervision of competent road engineers. 



